In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
BATTUE
bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, battue
(noun) indiscriminate slaughter; āa bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrenderedā; āten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its nameā; āthe valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murderā; āa huge prison battue was orderedā
battue
(noun) a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
battue (countable and uncountable, plural battues)
(uncountable, hunting, often, attributively) A form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes, etc. [from early 19th c.]
(countable, hunting) A hunt performed in this manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Bat"tue`, n. Etym: [F. battue, fr. battre to beat. See Batter, v. t., and cf. Battuta.] (Hunting) (a) The act of beating the woods, bushes, etc., for game. (b) The game itself. (c) The wanton slaughter of game. Howitt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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